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Shazada Dawood once survived plane crash-like incident, says his wife

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The five-member crew on the missing submersible Titan was declared dead late Thursday as the OceanGate Expedition-owned vessel lost contact with its mothership Sunday after descending into the ocean to take a closer look at the famous Titanic shipwreck sitting at the seabed.

According to the US Coast Guard, the debris found near the Titanic shipwreck site was consistent with the “catastrophic implosion” of the submersible.

As the news spread through the world, the story of a Pakistani tycoon Shazada Dawood — who was among the crew members including his 19-year-old son —has gained considerable traction on the internet.

According to his wife Christine Dawood’s blog post, she wrote on Next Step Now, Dawood had survived a terrifying deep plunge on a plane in an incident that took place in 2019.

Christine wrote: “I should have known when they cancelled our flight and put us on the next one. We should have taken the sign, gone back home and had a long and generous breakfast.”

“But we didn’t, and this flight became one of the most memorable ones of my life,” she said without identifying the journey.

She described the terrifying account of the plane taking a “deep plunge” that had passengers letting out “one simultaneous cry, which turned to a whimper and then silence”.

Pakistani tycoon Shazada Dawood with his 19-year-old son Suleman who was also declared dead Thursday in the submersible tragedy. — Family handout
Pakistani tycoon Shazada Dawood with his 19-year-old son Suleman who was also declared dead Thursday in the submersible tragedy. — Family handout

“I clutched my armrests as if that would make a difference. I needed something to hold on to, something stable in a shaky metal tube thousands of feet above the ground,” Christine added.

They encountered multiple violent plunges during the flight that left her feeling “like a grain in a big bag of sand”.

She also underlined that her husband Shahzada Dawood, a seasoned traveller and adventurer, was also scared.

“I’ve read many times that people start to pray in such situations or that their life flashes by like a movie. My husband told me later that he was thinking of all the opportunities he’d missed and how much he still wanted to teach our children,” she wrote.

“As the plane turned, my side lifted forcing me to look down to my left. My husband faced me, our eyes locked and our hands interlinked. No words were needed. He was as scared as I was and yet we were together. ‘Until death do…’ No, don’t go there!”

Though the plane landed on the ground safe and sound the experience was something that she said she “couldn’t forget for a long time.”

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Combating Terrorism: Twelve Terrorists Destroyed in Separate Operations by Security Forces

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Eleven terrorists and Kharijis were killed in two separate intelligence-based operations in Balochistan’s Miran Shah District and North Waziristan. One of the victims was Sana Alias Baru, a high-value target.

In the vicinity of Miran Shah in North Waziristan, security forces successfully fought the Khwarij, leading to the death of eight and injury of six.

The general region of Balgatar, Kech District, Balochistan was earlier the scene of an Intelligence-Based Operation that resulted in the deaths of four terrorists, one of them was a high-value target.

Authorities in Kech District were actively seeking Baru, who had a pivotal role in recruiting members of the so-called Majeed Brigade, particularly suicide bombers.

Among the terrorists’ possessions were weapons and ammo.

In order to eradicate any lingering terrorists in the vicinity, a sanitation operation is currently under progress.

With unwavering resolve, the Pakistani security forces will eradicate the terrorist threat from the nation.

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Constitutional Bench Gets to Work: Petitions Dismissed, Fines Slapped on Frivolous Petitioners

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As of today, pending matters are being heard by the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Bench, which was established under the 26th Amendment to the Constitution.

On its first day of operation, the six-judge Constitutional Bench presided over by Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan dismissed several frivolous petitions, including one challenging legislation enacted by the PDM government, and fined the petitioner twenty thousand rupees for bringing the case.

Justices Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, Musarrat Hilali, and Naeem Akhtar Afghan make up the Constitutional Bench, along with Justice Amin.

The bench rejected the appeal challenging the decision of the Supreme Court to appoint Qazi Faez Isa, a former chief justice of Pakistan, to the position of chief justice of the Balochistan high court.

In addition to upholding the Registrar Office’s objections, the Constitutional Bench rejected a petition asking for a change to the general election date on 8 February.

It has become an infructuous affair, the bench said, regarding the review of the Supreme Court’s decision on the review of judgment and order.

Justice Amin Uddin told the Attorney General that the Supreme Court has acknowledged parliament’s involvement in legislation in response to his claim that the verdict has commented on parliament’s position as legislative.

The bench found the petitioner’s claims to be baseless and fined them 20,000 rupees, dismissing their request to outlaw marriages between government employees and foreign nationals.

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Ahsan says all available resources should be used to eradicate smog at the air pollution meeting.

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According to Ahsan Iqbal, the country’s minister of planning and development, a non-traditional approach is required to address the pollution problem, and every available resource would be used to eradicate this grave issue.

Children are disproportionately affected by pollution, the Planning Minister stated during a special meeting on smog and air pollution in Islamabad.

He claimed that cooperation between the federal government and the provinces is urgently needed to address the various problems that climate change has caused in Pakistan.

Smog is interfering with everyday activities, the Minister added, and it has grown to be a serious threat to our future.

Burning crop residue is the cause of smog, he claimed.

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